Taliek Brown’s senior year stats look a lot like Jenkins. Except Brown knew not to shoot it.
Rick Pitino - Head Coach at St John’s University!!!
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That kind of awareness of your weaknesses is huge.
David Cain in his All-BE senior year had a lethal pull up J from 12-15feet. But that was the extent of his range.
He shot 5 three pointers all season and I'm sure some of those were heaves at the buzzer.
This is pure gold! I am already laughing (without reading one comment) at the hand wringing coming from the UConn fans.
That's hilarious and great marketing, never a dull day with Pitino. I'm a much bigger fan of MSG than CA and would prefer it at MSG, but given some of the rumored games next year (Alabama at MSG, Duke at Ashe), that's not a big deal.
Main downside here is it'd put a lot of pressure on the team and pump up UConn, which may offset the additional home-court advantage of CA vs. MSG (and almost no UConn fans). I mean, winning/spoiling Lou's 100th birthday is a massive deal. It's now a must win for St. John's given the lost revenue and significance of the day.
That said, Pitino wants players up for the challenge and I respect that, it's a good mentality to have. This could potentially be one of the greatest (or worst) games in St. John's history. Already excited (and nervous) about it.
Main downside here is it'd put a lot of pressure on the team and pump up UConn, which may offset the additional home-court advantage of CA vs. MSG (and almost no UConn fans). I mean, winning/spoiling Lou's 100th birthday is a massive deal. It's now a must win for St. John's given the lost revenue and significance of the day.
That said, Pitino wants players up for the challenge and I respect that, it's a good mentality to have. This could potentially be one of the greatest (or worst) games in St. John's history. Already excited (and nervous) about it.
no way UConn at CA happens... love the banter on twitter... but i put the odds at +2000 UConn plays in Queens
Just a needling exercise to get more attention for SJU imo. I don’t take “Rick Speak” literally & actually enjoy figuring out his motives.
If all of this was part of a MSG negotiation tactic since he publicly eliminated Barclays from having a game, I would not be surprised at all.
I hope you're right as I'd prefer it at MSG, but honestly given the marketing implications of Lou's 100th birthday I could see the Big East and Fox going for it. Attendance is important for them but this could result in higher TV ratings for the game and juice up the rivalry. They may agree to it as a one time thing. Fox (and the Big East) are known for thinking outside the box, such as the Arthur Ashe game, mic'd up games, etc.
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Georgetown would be the correct nostalgia based pick for sure.
But UConn is the right choice if the goal is to have a "memorable" win on Lou's 100th
I'd enjoy a one-off game at Carnesseca against Syracuse.
Definitely sounds they'll do something on 1/5. If this UConn game at CA isn't it then I could see them taking an old Big East team that St. John's sometimes schedules at CA and therefore wouldn't result in much lost ticket revenue. PC or SHU may be most likely. Georgetown doesn't draw at MSG like UConn or Nova so I could see them playing that at CA on 1/5, too.
It’s about time we have a coach who can give it not us always taking it The Jay Wrights and Ed Cooleys have been abusing us for a long time.
We lost the the Villanova game at The Big East Tournament two years ago because Jay Wright worked the refs to get Posh fouled
out. Villanova was being abused by Posh and Wright had no answer. Wright kept crying and got what he wanted, CMA never responded
the whole game. Hurley was doing the same crap last game at UCONN. Heard CRP not happy about it and this is his response.
Hope staff has a surprise for when Hurley arrives at MSG
That game still haunts me... was sitting in the middle of Nova donors (nice people) - showing me their Natty rings - they didn't even really cheer as they were coming back... its like they knew they were gonna win... should have thrown the ring to midcourt...lol